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The B-52 is one versatile platform. In addition to dropping bombs and firing missiles, it can lay sea mines.

The change comes as the Navy grapples with major shipboard issues over the years that include failures to address sexual assaults, fires and deadly collisions and the rise of extremism.

After a major leak contaminated O’ahu’s water supply, water protectors are finding new allies among military families.

Cmdr. Richard Zamberlan and Lt. Cmdr Phillip Lundberg of the Littoral Combat Ship USS Montgomery were relieved on Thursday from their commands by Capt. Marc Crawford.

The Navy fired the commander and the second in charge of the littoral combat ship USS Montgomery, the ...

More than 8,000 members of the Navy remain unvaccinated after deadlines for both active-duty and reservists passed. There are 5,328 active-duty sailors and 3,002 Ready Reserve service members who are unvaccinated, as of Dec. 29, according to the Navy. Included in the number are those who are in the process of getting vaccinated, have an […]

U.S. Navy commanders whose ship is hobbled by a coronavirus outbreak are consulting with military medical personnel about providing vaccine boosters to the crew, officials said. Meanwhile senior Defense Department leaders are assessing how the USS Milwaukee can resume its deployment amid a global spike in infections fueled by the highly transmissible omicron variant.

This post is part of a series looking back at the top naval stories from 2021. This year began with a level of uncertainty for Navy acquisition, as an administration change left naval observers wondering how the new Biden administration would approach the future fleet. While the Trump administration at the end of 2020 unveiled a […]

SAN DIEGO – An expert in electrical engineering told a Navy court that an electrical short in a forklift or some faulty batteries could have sparked the fire that ultimately scuttled the former USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6), countering the Navy’s acceptance from a federal fire investigation that a disgruntled sailor deliberately set it. Andrew Thoresen, […]

President Joe Biden also announced Kristyn Jones as his nominee to become the Air Force comptroller.